Hey! Beat the Streak is now for
Android, so I’m now playing! Every day I’ll give you my picks, and I would love
to hear who you picked for your streak. Since I started today I thought I’d go
double or nothing, so I decided to pick Brewers SS Jean Segura and Red Sox 2B
Dustin Pedroia to start. Hopefully I start the streak off well.
If you didn’t notice this weekend,
a lot of teams swept this weekend. These teams include the Braves, Cubs,
Indians, Dodgers, and Royals. The Braves swept the Cardinals, the Cubs swept
the Giants (while scoring only six runs, two unearned), the Tribe swept the
Rangers, the Dodgers beat the Reds on a walk-off by Puig, and the Royals
crushed the White Sox. Watch those teams and see what else they can do to
finish off the month and go into August.
The deadline is coming soon, and it
seems like teams are making their final moves to try and acquire players. The Tigers acquired closer Jose Veras from the Astros for outfield prospect Danry
Vasquez. Although Veras is a closer, he will be the set-up man for Detroit
since Joaquin Benoit has been doing so well in the closing spot. Veras is 32,
but for a team that has had their problems with the bullpen, it seems like
Detroit made the right move, especially if they want to go forward into the
playoffs. The Astros got a big prospect in Vasquez, who was ranked fourth on
the Top 20 Tigers Prospects, according to MLB.com. The Venezuelan nineteen year
old won’t be able to go into the big leagues soon, but will come soon to a
young, talented Astros team. Vasquez hit .281 with 16 doubles, 5 triples, 5
homers, and 39 RBI’s with Class A West Michigan this season. Watch the Tigers
try and go for another reliever soon too.
The Rays have been red hot, and are
just a half game back from the Red Sox in the AL East. Watch out for Chirs Archer,
who has been the best young ace this month. This year, he’s 6-3 with a 2.39
ERA, and just threw a shutout against the Yankees. Nobody wants to play the
Rays right now.
The Cardinals have the best record
in baseball at 62-40. The Pirates, who are 61-42, are just a game and a half
back from them. This week, they play FIVE games in a four day span. All of them
in Pittsburgh. This home stand is huge for the Pirates, as they play the
Rockies and Marlins after. This is the time to see whether the Pirates will
fall like every other year, or will become the best team in baseball.
Some teams are still not out of the
race. Baltimore, Cleveland, Kansas City, and Arizona are still fighting for the
top spot in their division. The closest to first place is the Tribe; they are
only three games back from the Tigers, and a game back from the wild card.
Baltimore right now has a spot in the wild card, but now will have to fight
against the Rangers (who have been struggling big), and the Indians to try and
keep the spot. The Royals have won six in a row, and are now trying to make
their spot in the playoffs. The D-Backs really need to step it up. I know the
Dodgers have been hot, but they need to play better than only three games above
.500 if they want to get into the playoffs.
Albert Pujols will be out a
significant amount of time with a foot injury, and might just be out for the
season. Hopefully it can show a fresh start for 2014, but it just marks the
epitome of a horrible Angels season.
No players were inducted into Cooperstown
this weekend, which was kind of sad to see. This is just the aftershock of the
steroid era. Bonds, Clemens, Sosa, McGwire, and probable plenty of others, won’t
go into the hall of fame because of PED use. It might not be the only year
where nobody gets inducted. And with Ryan Braun gone, Alex Rodriguez is on deck
for suspension.
That’s about it for this week.
Email me at statsbuddy42@gmail.com
for any questions/comments/concerns.
-Evan Boyd
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